Dr Fai Condemns the Assassination of Shujaat Bukhari
Washington, DC: Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum June 14 harshly condemned the cowardly killing of a senior journalist and Chief Editor of Rising Kashmir, Syed Shujaat Bukhari, in India-Occupied Kashmir.
Mr Bukhari had previously been attacked, but the criminals remained un-apprehended.
Fai urged the creation of an independent and impartial investigation body to investigate the killing and prepare an official report so that justice could be done.
Fai denounced the attempt to attack freedom of the press, and praised Shujaat Bukhari for his unswerving devotion to his professional obligations and commitment to uphold the freedom of thought and expression.
Fai added that there is no room for debate over assassinating an innocent person like Syed Shujaat Bukhari. It is criminal. It is brutal. It is sinful. And it is an evil that begets only more evil. No cause, Fai insisted, overrides the humanitarian imperative of sparing innocent civilians from death, injury, and psychological trauma.
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